Tom & Jerry (film)

For the 1992 animated film, see Tom and Jerry: The Movie.

Tom & Jerry
Teaser poster.
Production company:	Warner Bros. Animation Group
Distributor:	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date:	February 26, 2021
Run time:	1:41:01
Starring:	Chloë Grace Moretz Michael Peña Colin Jost Rob Delaney Ken Jeong
Executive producer(s):	Tim Story Adam Goodman Steven Harding Sam Register Jesse Ehrman Allison Abbate
Music composed by:	Christopher Lennertz
Screenplay by:	Kevin Costello
Director(s):	Tim Story

Tom & Jerry, also known as Tom & Jerry: The Movie, is a 2021 live-action/2-D animated slapstick comedy film based on the animated Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts. It is written by Kevin Costello, produced by Chris DeFaria, and directed by Tim Story. It was distributed to theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures and released onto HBO Max on February 26, 2021.

Kayla has to prove herself at the most prominent hotel in New York during the wedding of the century, which is at the mercy of the hijinks of Tom and Jerry.

In the film, all the animals are animated, with the humans acting as if this was perfectly normal.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Pigeon announcer	Tim Story
Tom Cat	T-Pain (singing) William Hanna (vocal effects)
Real estate rat	Utkarsh Ambudkar
Jerry Mouse	Unavailable
Batman
Droopy	Unavailable
John Legend (billboard)	N/A
Passing son	Jude Coward Nicoll
Passing father	David Nolan
Person in park	Haley Bishop
Male commuter	Mark Wesley DeHaney
Female commuter	Norma Butikofer
Kayla Forester	Chloë Grace Moretz
Job hopper supervisor	Craig Stein
Gavin	Daniel Adegboyega
Linda Perrybottom	Camilla Arfwedson
Ben Jacobson	Colin Jost
Preeta	Pallavi Sharda
Lola	Christina Chong
Butch	Nicky Jam
Lightning	Joey Wells
Topsy	Harry Ratchford
Meathead	Na'im
Clyde	N/A
Animal control officer	Joe Bone
Terence Mendoza	Michael Peña
Henry Dubros	Rob Delaney
Goldie	N/A
Josephine Pennybaker
Ezra Cornell
Drake
Chef Jackie	Ken Jeong
Hector
Francois	Unavailable
Joy	Patsy Ferran
Cameron	Jordan Bulger
Spike	Bobby Cannavale
Toots	Unavailable
Leo	Edward Judge
Kayla's mother
Devil Tom	Lil Rel Howery
Angel Tom	Lil Rel Howery
Secret Squirrel
Mr. Mehta	Ajay Chhabra
Joey
Elephant trainer	Edward Dogliani
Cecil	Unavailable
Malcolm	Unavailable
Joe Buck (voice only)	Himself
Big Al Gordon	N/A
J.A Happ	N/A
Mrs. Mehta	Somi De Souza
Mr. Jacobson	Patrick Poletti
Mrs. Jacobson	Janis Ahern

Organizations

• New York Yankees

Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • New York City
      • Manhattan
        • Lincoln Square Park
        • 59th Street-Columbus Circle Station
        • Madison Square Garden
        • Central Park
        • The Royal Gate Hotel
        • Chrysler Building
        • Museum
        • Katz's Delicatessen
      • Ithaca (mentioned)
        • Cornell University (mentioned)
    • Liberty Island
      • Statue of Liberty
      • The Bronx
        • Concourse
          • Yankee Stadium
    • South Carolina
    • Pennsylvania (mentioned)
      • Penn State (mentioned)
• Pacific Ocean
  • Tahiti
• England (indirectly mentioned)
  • London (mentioned)
    • Dorsey Hotel (mentioned)
• France (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Acme Chainsaw
• Hubba Bubba (mentioned)
• Secret Squirrel #1

Vehicles

• Nothing of importance

Production

Development

A film was first announced in 2015, but didn't get real traction until 2018, when Tim Story was announced as director, using a script by Craig Wright, Katie Silberman, April Posser, and Kevin Costello.

Music

The score was composed and conducted by Christopher Lennertz and Allan Wilson, respectively.

Release

Warner Bros. Pictures originally had it set for December 21, 2020, before pushing it back to March 5, 2021, and then finally a week earlier on February 26. Due to the 2019 COVID pandemic still active, the film will be released to both theaters and be streamed for subscribers of HBO Max.

• United States: February 26, 2021

Behind the scenes

• Incidentally, a young(er) blonde female character called Robyn Starling also befriended Tom and Jerry in Tom and Jerry: The Movie.
• The billboard above the 59th Street-Columbus Circle Station advertises Droopy with clown make-up with the caption next to him reading "Put on a happy face," which is a reference to Warner Bros. film Joker. While in the pound, Droopy is wearing a mask like the one Hannibal Lector wears in the film The Silence of the Lambs.
• The gag where Jerry punches Tom in the eye after pretending to hide something in his hands, is copied from the theatrical short Mouse Trouble.
• When Tom tells Kayla that there's a mouse in the hotel, he makes the same mouse-like face he has when he thinks he's a mouse in the theatrical short Nit-Witty Kitty.
• Tom and Jerry have an Instagram account (as they do in real-life), and other social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok are mentioned.
• Jerry watches a scene of the film Young Frankenstein with Gene Wilder.
• Ben's surname isn't mentioned in the film, but is used in the credits for his parents. Thank goodness.
• The match at Yankee Stadium was pulled from a 2018 game between the Yankees and Royals.
• This film strongly implies that Tom and Jerry are mute.

Errors

• The end credits show a cat called Ash voiced by Spank Horton, even though no such character appears.

Everlasting influence

• The movie was (kinda) spun off into its own TV series called Tom and Jerry in New York, which premiered on HBO Max on July 1, 2021.
• A poster of the film is on view at Warner Bros.' Burbank studio lot in the film Space Jam: A New Legacy.
• In the Weekend Update section of the Saturday Night Live episode "Owen Wilson/Kacey Musgraves," Pete Davidson joked about Chris Pratt being hated after one movie, referring to his casting as Mario in a Super Mario movie, which he compared to Colin Jost in Tom & Jerry. He went onto say it was the perfect pandemic movie because it made sure there would be no large gathering at movie theaters.

Marketing and promotion

During Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2020, the film was promoted with its own parade float called Tom & Jerry's Tourist Trap.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • May 18, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Tom & Jerry on DVD.
  • May 18, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Tom & Jerry on Blu-ray Disc.
• In the UK:
  • May 24, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: The Movie on DVD.
  • May 24, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: The Movie on Blu-ray.

Trailers

Teaser:

Main:

Alternate posters

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